Jana Milčinski
Appearance
Jana Milčinski | |
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Born | Ljubljana, Slovenia | 5 December 1920
Died | 13 April 2007 Ljubljana, Slovenia | (aged 86)
Occupation | Writer, journalist and translator |
Notable awards | Levstik Award 1986 for Lukec dobi sestrico |
Jana Milčinski (born Jana Podkrajšek; 5 December 1920 – 13 April 2007) was a Slovene writer, journalist and translator.[1]
She won the Levstik Award in 1986 for her popular science book Lukec dobi sestrico (Lukec Gets a Sister). She wrote a number of other stories and children's books, many with themes from the Second World War in Yugoslavia.[2]
She was married to the poet and satirist Frane Milčinski Ježek.
Selected works
[edit]- Pravljice za danes in jutri (Stories for today and Tomorrow), 1992
- To si ti, Nina (That Is You, Nina), 1988
- Danes, ko postajam pionir, pionirka (Today As I Become a Pioneer), 1988
- Matiček in Maja včeraj, danes, jutri in vsak dan (Matiček and Maja Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and Every Day), 1986
- Lukec dobi sestrico (Lukec Gets a Sister), 1986
- Pisane zgodbe (Diverse Tales), 1976
- Zakaj sta Matiček in Maja zamudila pouk (Why Matiček and Maja Missed Class), 1972
References
[edit]- ^ "Sanje Publishing House site". Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
- ^ "The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
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